CONFERENCE AWARDS PROGRAM
Team Awards
Messick
Sportsmanship Award
Conference coaches from all institutions rank each
institution based on the overall sportsmanship of the institutions,
players and coaches. These ranks are tallied together to give
an overall point total for the institution. The school with the
highest point ranking wins the Messick Sportsmanship Award.
Hawn
All-Sports Cup
Based on the finish of each conference sport, points are given
ranking the teams from first place to last. The points are
then totaled from all the sports for each institution and the
institution with the highest total is awarded the Hawn Cup.
Sharp
Award
The Allan Sharp award honors former Conference Faculty
Athletics Representative Allan Sharp that shall be presented
annually to the league member institution having the highest
graduation rate of athletes as determined by the Faculty Athletics
Representatives.
Individual
Awards
Murphy
Osborne Scholar-Athlete Award
Athletes are nominated by their institutions based on their
academic and athletic accomplishments of that year. The
Faculty Athletic Representatives (FARs) committee from
all institutions then vote/decide upon a winner from the list of
top finalists. This is Conference Carolinas most outstanding
student-athlete and the highest academic award presented by the
conference. To be eligible for the award, a student must be a
senior student-athlete with a minimum grade point average of
3.25. The student must be a full-time student at the time of
nomination, must have been a full-time student for at least two
years at the member school, and must be a starter or important
substitute in a conference sport.
All-Conference Academic
Awards
The All-Conference Academic Awards are awarded to junior and senior
student-athletes who have competed in a conference sport with a
cumulative grade point average of 3.25 or higher (on a 4.0 scale)
on all work completed at the member institution. The
student-athlete must have been in attendance at the member
institution for at least two full time semesters. (Awarded once per
year in the spring based on meeting the criteria at the end of the
fall semester).
Presidential Honor Roll
The Presidential Honor Roll is comprised of student-athletes
who achieve a grade point average of 3.0 or higher (on a 4.0 scale)
at their member institution for the previous semester who have
participated in either a conference or non-conference sponsored
sport. The student-athlete must have been in attendance at the
member institution for at least two full time semesters. (Awarded
twice per year based on meeting the criteria at the end of the
previous semester).
Player
of the Week
Nominated by each institution to the conference and voted on
by league sports information directors that is based on
performance for that week.
Player
of the Year, Coach of the Year, and Freshman of the Year
Nominated by institution, each institution then votes for the
winner but is not allowed to vote for their own nominee.
All
Conference
Players are nominated by their institution and then voted on by all
the institutions but each institution can not vote for their own
player. The teams are then distributed the following way:
(1st Team, 2nd Team, 3rd Team)
Cross Country - 5, 5, 5
Soccer - 11, 11, 11
Volleyball - 7, 7, 5
Basketball - 5, 5, 5
Golf - 5, 5, 5
Tennis - 6, 6, 5
Baseball - 16, 16, 0
Softball - 16, 16, 0
All Tournament
The following chart distributes how the tournament team is awarded.
The coaches vote the individuals chosen.
Basketball, Tennis, Volleyball
Place
1. MVP + 2 All
Tournament
2. 2 All Tournament
3. 1 All Tournament
4. 1 All Tournament
Baseball, Soccer
Place
1. MVP + 4 All
Tournament
2. 3 All Tournament
3. 2 All Tournament
4. 2 All Tournament
Softball
Place
1. MVP + 2 All Tournament
2. 3 All Tournament
3. 2 All Tournament
4. 2 All Tournament
5. 1 All Tournament
6. 1 All Tournament
*Cross Country - 7
*Golf - 10
*Top finishers





























